[MajestyJo]

August 25



"The AA message is a message from one amateur to another."

Voice of Long Term Sobriety

Riverside, Ill., September 2007
"It Works for Me"
Voices of Long-Term Sobriety

We come from all walks of life, yet we can all communicate if we allow ourselves to identify and not compare. We have been there, done it, wore the T-Shirt, even if we haven't worn the jeans. I believe it is the jeans, not the genes, that is the origin of my disease. I was a product of my environment. It was how I perceived things, and when I came into recovery, I felt at home.

We may think ourselves better than others, but that is our disease talking. We are all created equal, we walk beside each other, not one ahead or one ahead. It doesn't matter what the trappings are we wear, it is what is inside that counts.